Wardrobe



B. SCHWARZE WARDROBE Filed Jan. 19. 1921 Patenized Aug. Z1, 1923.

BRUNO SOEWARZEH OEBERLIN@HABLQTTETNBURG GERME;NY .assmmo3 T T '.E1IE FIBM. wem, NETTER ANJD JACQBI, 01 BERLIN, GEE?IVIAI\TY.

WARIDROBE.

v App1icacion fi1ed January 19, 1921. Seriell I Tc. 438,344.

Be it known thac IBRUNQSCHWARZE ciiizen 013 th@ German.Empire residingnt 'Berlin-Charlotenblllb Germany, have invented ceritat'm new and.useful Improve%ents in and Relating t0 \Vardrobes (1;01 which 1 have obtaincd a patent in Germany dated January 11, 1919.), ofwhich the E0110Wi1 g is a specification.

The invention belat@s t0 wardrobes and m01e particularlyto wardrobe's intended f01 nse in infirmaries hospitals factories und similar places inwhioh the persons E01- lowing their occupations exchange thei:u 01- dinary dress f0r onemo1e suited 10 their W01k, the lattor being takenfrom the wardrobe and the former bB-illg' put in its plane until required again; wie; physicians and. doctors during their occupati0n in hospitals und infirmaries come in contact wich the patients there is a possibility that the. Walls 01. th0 wnrdrobe become infectedby contact Wit-h .the working dress and that-theinf6ction is transmitted t0 the strebt chess subsequentiy suspended in the wardrobe, am]

- mic1obesand.germs are spreizd by the wearer of thc z infected gam1ent s. In factories the di1ty working dresssoils=t he Walls Of the wardrobe 013 cupboard at theinside a nd-=the im street dress subsequentlysuspended in them becomes soi]ed to0. TheWorking-dress 0f werkmen besomes in course 0f time very dirty hrough conmct with 011, paint und the 1ike zmd the wardrobe W2111S transfer part of this dirt to the street garments which during the Working hours alte sus pehded in them.

The fach that these wardrobes 01 eupb02uds am as 21 rule very narrow promotes this transfer of dirt still more. Very often these wardrobes zue shal'ed by severa] men. The garments are then Closely packed into the wardrobe and int'unate conact with the Walls and transmission 0f grease, pain und ehe 1ikef10m the Walls t0 the clothes cannoc possibly be zwoided.

This invention-consists in covering the inner sideof the Walls 0f. wardrobes and the 1ike b folding flaps 01' similar appliances either partly 01 entirely, in such a mamxer that after the removal 0'f the W0rking clothes the Walls 0f ehe wardrobe am COV- ered up before the street garinents 2n:e hung up in lt, so that these garments come in contact only Wih c1ean surfaces and the danger 01E thetransfer 0f dirb, gerrns and the like to thc: streetgarments is efi'ectively avoi ded. 1 In the accompany-ing dmwings the inventi0n is diagramnmtically illustratedby -way 0f example.

Fig. l S'hOWS u cross-section through a wardrobe and Figs. 2-4: various kinds 0f folding flaps. On refeiring che drawings it will be Seen that atehe real -W21l1 b, 0, 0f the wardr0be the flap a, d, e has, m hinge ab (Z 111d cove1s 01m sich: Wall as W811 21S one*half 0f the back W2111. Inthe same-way thedoor is fitted with 21 flap 71, z W;hich also c0vers one half 0f i:he inne1 surface 0f Ehe do01. The hinges a and k around which the -flaps a, (Z e 111d ]z i am a lapted t0 swing are disposod vercallyat about the middle 0:E tbe 1"Q11 Wall 21m1 the dem. Assuming, for instance. filmt in the drawings thqposition of fl1e flaps is that which they'0ccupy when the wardrobe is used for thereception of the work%ng clothes, the inner surfades f1the fl ps 215 we1l 215 the uncovere d pa1ts fthe rear und side wwl]s am!- -the door come in mntact with the working lothes and become jn-Fected or soiled. =Nhen change of clothing tak9s p]ace anal the W0;king clothes drei ankam ont 0f thewardrobe, fihe fla13s a, (Z e am: ]L z are broughtinto-the positions indicated in broken lines before the street garments are put into it so that the flaps 310W occupy the positions a, f, g o1 h 72 respectively. As Will dear1y be seen in Fig. 1 tha former]y uncovered parts 0f the Walls am]. the door am n0w covered up und at the snm6 rinne the prmiously freut surfaces 0f th fiaps have now become the back surfaces. The street garments thus only come in contnct with entirely c1ean surfaces.

- 3Vhen after the W01'k is finished the working Clothes m:e again t0 be disposed in the ward- 10be, zhe street gmrments am removed again anr1 the flaps are turned back into their original position, ahnt mans into the Position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 so that the Working clothes c0me 0n1y in contacb Wii;h 1he anrmdy infectd 01 soiled WZLHS.

3Vhen fitt-ing this appliance t0 ulrezpdy existing waardrobes itis advisable t0 make the Width a, (Z n11d rZ e 01"". the fiaps adjustable by consructing them in two 01 more everlapping arts 515 shown in Fig. 2. Such flaps can ez1sily ba adapted t0 various widths ancl clepths of Wardrobes. Insteacl of using rigid flaps, as before clescribed for covering the inner Walls -and the d001 of wardrobes, .screens of cloth laicl in folcls may be employecl, as shown in Fig. 8. lt Will be obvious that such expansible and contractible screens may easily bc fittcd to warclrobes 01 any size.

The flaps may also be madc-in several jointed parts, as shown in Fig. 4;. In h0spitals and infirmaries the flaps 'may, for in stance, be macle of enamclled sheet metal, so thab they may easily bc cleanecl ancl clisinfected 11'0111 ti1ne to tin1e. Insteacl of the flaps roller-blincls adapt'ecl to be wouncl around vertical o1 horizontal shalts may be employecl f01 covering tho Walls with the same object in vicw. Gare 1nust, however, be taken that in rolling the blind up its two suriaces do not c01ne in concact. This n1ay be ellected by })1'OVldlllg' thc individual staves of the rollers Willi projecting e lgcs at both encls, so that the two faccs 'of the 1o-lleclup blind are kept at so1ne distance apart. It is obviouS 'that the saxne 1"esl1lts may casily be attained by other 'means. Although I have describecl certain specific constructions by way o:f example, it will be readily unclerstood, that various changes in the cletails o1 the devicc may be 1nacle Wifl1 in the scope of the claims, without depa1ting from the spirit' 01 sacrificing any advantages o1 tl1e invention.

-What I claim ancl clesire t0 secure by niiied States Letters Patent is:

1.. The combinatibn, in a warclrobe, of a flap consisting of two articulatecl portions covering one half o f the back Wall ancl one side Wall, a hinge at the cdge of saicl flap ab about the micldle otf: tl1e back Wall arouncl which the said flap is aclap tecl to be swung said flap at about the into the other half of the wardrobe and a hingecl fiap cove'ring one half of the insicle of the cloor.

2. The combination, in a warclroloe, of a flap consisting of two articulal:ed portions, each portion co1hprisin;itwo or more parts adaptecl to slicle upon each other, saicl flap covering one half of the back Wall ancl one sicle Wall, a hinge at the eolge of said flapat about the miclclle o1 ehe back Wall arouncl which the Saicl fiap is aclaptecl to be swung into theother half of the warclrobe ancl a hinged flap covering one half of-the insiclc of the doo1.

3. The combination, in a warclrobe, of a flap consisting of 13W0 articulated portions, each p0rtionx being constructed of folded cloth, said flap covering one half of the back Wall ancl one sicle Wall, a hinge at t-he eclge of midclle o3f the back Wall arouncl Which the saicl fla'p is adapted to be swung into ehe other hall of the warclroloe ancl a hinged flap covering 011e half of the inside o:f the cloor. v

el. The combination, in a warclrobe, of a flap consisting of two articulatecl portions, each portion comprising a number of parts joinecl by a flexible connection, said flap covering one half of tl1e back Wall ancl 0ne side Wall, a hinge at the edge 0f saicl flap a1: about thc miclclle of Ehe back Wall aroncl WhiChlhe saicl fla]3 is adaptecl to be swung inlio Ehe other half of the warclrobe -ancl a hingecl flap covering one half of ehe insicle of the cloor. 1

In testimony whereof I aflix my sign'ature.

V BRUNO SCHWARZE. In presence of EDUARD PEITZ,

Y KARL TRIER. 

